Homework Help: math

Posted by I have a headache on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 11:20pm.

A pigeon runs into a flock of pigeons and asks their leader what is your number in this flock? The leader replays: I am not suppose to tell you our exact number, but if you take twice our number and add a half of our number and still add another quarter of our number plus yourself would be 100. How many pigeons were in that flock? Write an equation and solve it

math - drwls, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 11:31pm
Let x be the number of pigeons in the flock.

2x + x/2 + x/4 +1 = 100
(11/4) x = 99

Solve that.
math - I have a headache, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 11:37pm
can I have a hint?
math - Anonymous, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 11:42pm
is there another way to solve this??
math - Anonymous, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 11:43pm
I am not sure how to solve this one
math - MathMate, Thursday, September 10, 2009 at 12:01am
Multiply both sides of the equality sign by (4/11).

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